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A visit by the Director-General of the National Hydrometeorological Service
of Kazakhstan

The Director-General of the National Hydrometeorological Service of the
Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazhydromet), Mr. Mendigarin Aibek Tazhigaliyevich,
visited the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on 31 January, 2013, accompanied
by Mr. Nurbayev Askar Magzumadiyevich, the Director of the Department of IT
Technologies at Kazhydromet.

Mr. Mendigarin paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Mitsuhiko Hatori, the
Director-General of JMA and Permanent Representative of Japan with the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Mr. Mendigarin listened to a series of explanations on operational
systems by JMA experts, and observed JMA operational centers including
the Office of Computer Systems Operations and the Meteorological Satellite
Center in the City of Kiyose.